I have heard that the price of food over in Japan is quite high, so I was thinking of bringing a bunch of muesli bars and other energy/snacky foods (nuts, chocolate, tuna maybe) to keep me going between meals. Is this against the quarantine laws? Does anybody know what I can and can't bring with me? I will be there for about 15 days.

You will definitely have to declare it on the incoming passenger form for customs, but generally with commercial packaged food, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.If it was home cooked and self wrapped, then good luck.

What's good about Japan is that you can eat very little and spend a lot or eat a lot and spend very little. Unlike Australia, everything is pretty pricey where even Maccas and KFC is expensive here. Over there, kaiden sushi (those sushi train) can be had for Â¥100 a plate. Sure they aren't huge plates but you can't complain. Quality is there too.

Then there's the 24hr convenience stores everywhere selling assorted rice stuff. I don't know what you call them in English but they are wrapped up to be eaten on the go without mess.

paolo_ski wrote:I have heard that the price of food over in Japan is quite high, so I was thinking of bringing a bunch of muesli bars and other energy/snacky foods (nuts, chocolate, tuna maybe) to keep me going between meals. Is this against the quarantine laws? Does anybody know what I can and can't bring with me? I will be there for about 15 days.

Regards, Paolo

Eating in Japan is not expensive. It is actually quite cheap depending on where you go. We found Japan have cheap food but tranport and accommodation can be expensive. I recommend checking out convenience stores. The best foor can be found at 7-11. Lawson and Family Mart are not the best places to find food. Check out departmenatal stores after 6pm and you might find some bargains on cooked food. As for eating out, you must be smart about it. Tokyo is cheaper than food capitals like Osaka and Kyoto. Expect to spend about 700 yen for a meal in Tokyo and maybe about 900 yen in Kyoto. You can have a plate of Soba for about 400 yen. The thing you will struggle to find in Japan is good bread and coffee. Artisan bead is almost no-existant. You can bring in snack foods, but why would you. Japanese rice biscuits are so much better than anything you will find here. Energy food? I survived on red bean buns and I managed to cover more than 600km and 7 mountain climbs in three days from eating red bean buns. They are like 120yen each and can be found at any convenience store. Back to bringing food to Japan, I am 100% sure you can't bring meat into Japan

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